ATE Vulture

The ATE Vulture is a South African unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed and built by Advanced Technologies and Engineering (now Paramount Advanced Technologies, a division of the Paramount Group). It is powered by a 500 cc 2-stroke fuel injected engine. Its payload is a gyro stabilised optronic sight communicating on a secure C-Band data/video link. Its cruise speed is 120 km/h and its flight duration allows a loiter time of about 4 hours at 60 km from the launch site with a maximum ceiling of 5,000 m. It is fully automated in launch, flight and recovery, with an automatic return-to-base in case of mission critical failures. An automated vacuum type catapult launcher is mounted on a Samil 100 truck. No external pilot is required, and the transition from launch mode into pre-programmed flight mode is automatic. It is used by the South African Army artillery for target acquisition and fire control.[1][2][3]

Samil 100 Vulture Launcher System at Ysterplaat Airshow, Cape Town

Notes
  1. Vulture (PDF), Paramount Group, 2015
  2. Engelbrecht, Leon (24 August 2010). "Cytoon spending up to R134.6m | defenceWeb". www.defenceweb.co.za. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  3. "SA Vulture UAV hits production". Fin24. 10 August 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
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